HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

h 

WATERTOWN, 



MASSACHUSETTS.. 




jRE VISED igo8. 



BOSTON : 

PRESS OF DAVID CLAPP & SON. 

1908. 



Gift 
The Society 

9 S '08 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WATERTOWN. 



lu 1888, after several confereuces had been held 
of those interested in the formation of an histori- 
cal society for all of the original township of Wat- 
ertown, it was on July 31st decided to form such 
a society. Accordingly on Nov. 20th, 1888, a meet- 
ing was held at the home of Dr. Alfred Hosmer 
for the formal organization of the society under a 
plan which had been prepared. There, gathered 
abont the same table upon which the original call 
for the founding of the Public Library had previ- 
ously been drafted, seven gentlemen met, and sub- 
scribed to the code of by-laws of the new society 
in the following order, viz. : 

Dr. Alfred Hosmer. 

Wm. H. Ingraiiam. 

Rev. Edward A. Rand. 

Solon F. Whitney. 

Charles Brigham. 

Dr. Bennett F. Davenport. 

Dr. Jullvn a. Mead. 

To these, at the next meeting were joined Rev. 
Wm. H. Savage, Herbert Coolidge and Joshua Cool- 
idge, thus forming the ten original members of 
the historical society. At the first meeting the 
following officers were chosen : 

Dr. Alfred Hosmer, President. 

Rev. Edward A. Rand, Vice-President . 

Solon F. Whitney, Secretary and Treasurer. 

Dr. Bennett F. Davenport, 



, Councillors. 
Dr. Julian A. Mead, 



These five together forming the Standing Com- 
mittee, the managing board of the Society. 

The declared purpose of the Society was as fol- 
lows : '' To investigate and to excite a general in- 
terest in the study of all historical events, subjects 
and questions, whether of a nature civil, military, 
educational, ecclesiastical, or otherwise, that con- 
nect themselves with any portion of the large ter- 
ritory that was originally included under the muni- 
cipal title of Watertown ; to obtain biographical 
sketches of all individuals ever resident therein 
who have enacted a prominent part in its local 
affairs, or whose family names have become dis- 
tinguished in state or national history ; and in 
general not only to obtain the above historical 
knowledge, but to preserve and make it known." 

By May 7th, 1891, the membership of the Society 
had increased to sixty-nine persons, including 
women as well as men. It then seemed advisable 
for the Society to become incorporated under the 
general provisions of the statutes. This was ac- 
cordingly done, and the following is a copy of the 
Seal adopted by the Society, and of the certificate 
of incorporation : 




CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. 



No. 4,606. 



(!i:0mm0nirtealt]^ of Plassacjusetts. 



53c it knobn, That whereas Edward A. Raud, Charles 
F. Mason, Ellen M. Crafts, Solon F. Whitney, Julian A. Mead, 
Charles S. Ensign, Ruth A, Bradford, Bennett F, Daven- 
port, William H. Ingraliam, Jesse Fewkes, Charles F, Fitz, 
Alb.ert M. Davenport, Fred E. Crawford, Charles A. Stearns, 
A. C. Stockin, Francis Kendall, O. W. Diraick, and Sumner 
Coolidge have associated tliemselves with the intention of 
forming a corporation under the name of the Historical Soci- 
ety of AVatertown, for the purpose of collecting, preserving 
and publishing historical matter relating to the towns and 
families occup)ing the original township of Watertown, and 
in connection therewith, to found and maintain a society 
building with a museum, art gallery and library, and have 
complied with the provisions of the Statutes of this Common- 
wealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the 
certificate of the President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary 
and Council with powers of Directors of said corporation, 
duly approved by the Commissioner of Corporations, and re- 
corded in this office : 

NohJi tJjcrefore, I, William M. OHu, secretary of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify tluit said 
E. A. Raud, C. F. Mason, E. M. Crafts, S. F. Whitney, J. A. 
Mead, C. S. Ensign, R. A. Bradford, B. F. Davenport, W H. 
Ingraham, J. Fewkes, C. F. Fitz, A. M. Davenport, F. E. 
Crawlbrd, C. A. Stearns, A. C. Stockin, F. Kendall, O. W. 
Diniick, and S. Coolidge, tlieir associates and successors, are 
legally organized and established as and are hereby made an 
existing corporation under the name of the Historical Society 
of Watertown, with the powers, rights and privileges, and 
subject to tiie limitations, duties and restrictions which by 
law appertain thereto. 

Witness my official signature hereunto subscribed, and tiie 
seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed 
this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eigiit hundred and ninety-one. 



^ STATE I 



WM. M. OLIN, 



( SEAL j^ Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



BY-LAWS 

OF THE 

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WATERTOWN. 



CHAPTER I. 



MJSMBERS AND DUES. 

Article 1. The members of the Society shall be 
of three classes, Active, Associate and Honorary, 
and all shall be open to both men and women. All 
Active members shall be eligible to any office, and 
they only shall be entitled to vote or to take part in 
the busii^ess of the society. 

Art. 2. Blanks shall be kept by the Recording 
Secretary for signature by any desiring to be pro- 
posed as an associate member. These blanks shall 
also be signed by two members who shall join in 
recommending the candidate. The blanks shall 
have a space for a brief statement of the place of 
residence and qualifications of the person proposed 
for membership. But no nomination shall be made 
except by a report of the Council at a stated meet- 
ing of the society. Transfers of members from 
one class to another class, however, may be made 
at any stated meeting upon the recommendation of 
the Council. 

Art. 3. All members shall be elected by ballot 
at a stated meeting by a majority of the votes cast. 
A separate ballot on any name shall be taken upon 
the request of three or more members. 



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Art. 4. Each Active and Associate member shall 
pa}^ two dollars at the time of admission, and one 
dollar each first of Msij afterward into the treasury, 
for the general purposes of the society; but any 
member admitted in March or April shall be ex- 
empted from the next following May assessment. 
Any member shall be exempted from the annual 
payment if, at any time after admission, he or she 
shall pay into the treasury twenty dollars in addi- 
tion to previous payments ; and all commutations 
shall be and remain permanently funded, the inter- 
est only to be used for current expenses. 

Art. 5. If any person elected a member shall 
Beglect, for four months after notification of elec- 
tion, to accept membership by subscribing to the 
by-laws and to pay the admission fee, the election 
shall be void ; and any member who shall neglect 
to pay the annual assessment for six months after 
it shall have become due and attention shall have 
been called to this article of the by-laws, shall cease 
to be a member ; but it shall be competent for the 
Council to suspend the provisions of this article 
for a reasonable time. 

Art. 6. Any member may withdraw from the 
society by giving the Secretary written notice and 
paying all dues. 

Art. 7. Upon the unanimous recommendation 
of the Council present at any meeting thereof, any 
member may be expelled for cause at any stated 
meeting of the society, by a two-thirds vote of 
those present and voting. 

CHAPTER II. 
Art. 1. There shall be a stated meeting of the 
society on the second Tuesday of May, September, 



November, January and March; provided, how- 
ever, that the Council shall have authority to post- 
pone any stated meeting, or to dispense with it 
altogether, whenever, for any cause, tbey may 
deem it desirable or expedient. Special meetings 
shall be called by either of the Secretaries, at the 
request of the President, or, in case of the Presi- 
dent's death, absence, or inability, of one of the 
Vice-Presidents or of the Council. The stated 
meeting in May shall be the annual meeting of the 
society. 

Art. 2. At all meetings the record of the pre- 
ceding meeting shall be read by the Recording Sec- 
retary immediately after the presiding officer has 
called the meeting to order ; after which at all 
special meetings, the business for which the meet- 
ing was called shall be transacted ; and at all stated 
meetings the order of business shall be as follows : 

1. The reading of Papers and Essays. 

2. The Report of the Corresponding Secretary. 

3. The Librarian's Report. 

4. The report of the Council. 

5. The election of members, and action on the 
recommendations of the Council. 

6. The Historiographer's report. 

7. The unfinished business and assignments of 
the last meeting taken up in their order. 

8. The transaction of other business. 

Art. 3. Upon the request of the presiding offi- 
cer, any motion or resolution offered at any meet- 
ing shall be submitted in writing. 

Art. 4. Seven members shall be a quorum for 
all purposes except for amendment of the By-Laws, 
which shall be made only by a two-thirds vote of 
those present and voting at a stated meeting (in. 



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the notification of whicli the proposed change in 
the By-Laws shall have been stated), at which not 
less than nine members are present. 

CHAPTER III. 

OFFICERS. 

Art. 1. The officers of the society shall be a 
President, a First Vice-President from Watertown, 
a Second Vice-President from Weston, a Third 
Vice-President from Waltham, a Fourth Vice- 
President from Belmont, a Recording Secretary, a 
€orresponding Secretary, a Treasurer and a Li- 
brarian. 

There shall be an Executive Council of nine, 
composed of the President, the First Vice-Presi- 
dent, the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding 
Secretary, the Treasurer, the Librarian, and three 
others. All of these shall be chosen by ballot at 
the Annual Meeting and shall hold their respective 
offices for one year, or until others are duly chosen 
and installed. 

Elections to fill vacancies which may occur 
among the officers or in the Council shall be for 
the unexpired term, and such vacancies may be 
filled at any subsequent stated meeting. The 
President of the society shall act as chairman of 
the Council, and the Recording Secretary shall act 
as the secretary of the Council. Each member of 
the Council shall have a vote. 

Art. 2. There shall be a Historiographer and an 
Editor of Publications appointed annually by the 
Council, to whom they shall be responsible for the 
proper discharge of their duties. 

Art. 3. At the stated meeting in March a Nomi- 
nating Committee, consisting of five persons, shall 



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be appointed, who shall report at the annual meet- 
ing a list of members for the places to be filled. 
Nominations may also' be made by other members 
of the society. 

CHAPTER IV. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

Art. 1. The President shall be the Chief Execu- 
tive Oflacer of the society, and, with the advice 
and consent of the Council, shall superintend and 
conduct its prudential affairs. 

Art. 2. The President, and in the absence of 
the President, one of the Vice-Presidents (the 
Vice-President from Watertown having prece- 
dence) , shall preside at all meetings of the society. 
In the absence of all these officers, a President pro 
tempore shall be chosen. 

CHAPTER V. 

THE RECORDING SECRETARY. 

Art. 1. The Recording Secretary, or, in case of 
the Recording Secretary's death, absence, or ina- 
bility, the Corresponding Secretary, shall warn all 
meetings of the society and of the Council, in such 
manner as the Council shall direct. 

Art. 2. The Recording Secretary shall attend 
all meetings of the society and of the Council, and 
shall keep a true record of the same, entering in 
full all accepted reports of committees, unless 
otherwise specially directed, or unless the same 
are to be included in the printed proceedings. 

Art. 3. The Recording Secretary shall enter the 
names of all members systematically in books kept 
for the purpose. 



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Art. 4. All books and papers iu the Recordiug 
Secretary's custody shall be the property of the 
society. 

Art. 5. In the absence of the President and of 
all the Vice-Presidents, the Recording Secretary 
shall, if present, call the meeting to order and pre- 
side until a President pro tempore is chosen. 

CHAPTER VI. 

THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

Art. 1. The Corresponding Secretary shall in- 
form all persons of their election as members, and 
send to each a copy of the By-Laws, calling atten- 
tion to Articles 4 and 5 of Chapter 1. 

Art. 2. The Corresponding Secretary shall con- 
duct the correspondence of the society not other- 
wise provided for, and shall deposit all original 
letters received as may be directed by the Council. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Art. 1. The Treasurer shall collect all moneys 
due to the society, and shall keep, in books belong- 
ing to it, regular and faithful accounts of all the 
moneys and funds that may come into the Treasur- 
er's hands, and of all receipts and expenditures 
connected with the same ; which accounts shall be 
open always to the inspection of the Council. At 
the annual meeting the treasurer shall make a writ- 
ten or printed report of all his doings for the year 
preceding, of the amount and condition of all the 
property of the society intrusted to him, and the 
character of the investments. 

Art. 2. The treasurer shall invest and manage 
the funds of the society, with the consent and ap- 
proval of the Council. 



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Art. 3. When required to do so, the treasurer 
shall give bonds to the satisfaction of the Council 
for the faithful performance of the duties of the 
office. 

Art. 4. The treasurer shall not pay any money 
except by direction of the Council, or of its duly 
authorized committee. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

APPROPRIATIONS AND TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. 

Art. 1. No person or committee shall incur any 
debt or liability in the name of the society, unless 
in accordance with a previous vote and appropria- 
tion therefor by the society or the Council. 

■Art. 2. At the stated meeting in March an au- 
diting committee, consisting of not less than two 
persons not members of the Council, shall be ap- 
pointed to examine the accounts of the treasurer 
for the year preceding, and at the annual meeting 
to report thereon and on the state of any property 
of the society in the treasurer's hands. 

CHAPTER IX. 

THE LIBRARIAN. 

Art. 1. The librarian shall have charge of all 
the books, pamphlets, maps, manuscript, and other 
property appropriate to the library, and of all 
coins, works of art, remains of antiquity, and other 
articles appropriate to the cabinet ; and shall cause 
to be made and kept suitable catalogues of each 
and all of them, doing whatever may "be possible at 
all times to preserve and increase the collections 
of the society. 

The further duties of the librarian shall be the 
usual ones of the office, except as otherwise direc- 
ted by the Council. 



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CHAPTER X. 

THE HISTORIOGRAPHER. 

Art. 1. The historiographer shall collect mate- 
rials for a history of the society, prepare biogra- 
phies of its deceased members for publication, 
and deposit the same in the library. He may read 
at the stated meetings such of the biographies, or 
such parts of them, as he may deem advisable. 

CHAPTER XI. 

THE EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS. 

Art. 1. The Editor of Publications shall edit, 
under the direction of the Council, the memorial 
biographies of deceased members, the proceedings 
of the annual meeting, and all other publications 
of the society not specially committed to other 
editorial supervision; and shall receive such com- 
pensation as the council shall determine. 

CHAPTER XII. 

THE COUNCIL. 

Art. 1. The Council shall determine their own 
quorum ; establish rules for the transaction of their 
business; fix all salaries; authorize all expendi- 
tures of money, drawing upon the treasurer from 
time to time, for such sums as may be required ; 
provide all engraved or printed blanks and books 
of record ; act upon all resignations and forfeitures 
of membership ; see that the By-Laws are complied 
with; and in general conduct all business of the 
society not otherwise provided for in the By-Laws. 

Art. 2. They shall appoint, annually, the his- 
toriographer and the editor of publications. 

Art. 3. They shall appoint such subordinate of- 
ficers and agents as they may deem necessary (who 



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shall hold their respective offices duriug the pleas- 
ure of the Council), prescribe their duties, and 
allow them reasonable' compeusatioii. 

Art. 4. They shall report at their discretion, 
nominations for active, associate, and honorary 
members, to which not less thau five of their num- 
ber shall have assented at a meeting of the Council. 

Art. 5. They shall meet within one week pre- 
vious to every stated meeting, on such day and at 
such hour as they may fix by standing rule, and 
upon notice, at such other times as the chairman 
shall appoint, for the discharge of their appropriate 
duties and for furthering the transaction of such 
business as may be brought before the society. 

Art. 6. They shall report, at every meeting of 
the society, such business as they may deem it ad- 
visable to present. 

Art. 7. They may appoint, for terms not ex- 
ceeding one year, and prescribe the functions of 
such committees of their number, or of the mem- 
bers of the society, as they may deem expedient, to 
facilitate the administration of the society's affairs. 

Art. 8. They shall make all proper rules and 
regulations for the use of the library and the cabi- 
net. 

Art. 9. At the annual meeting they shall make 
an annual report. It shall incl ude a detailed state- 
ment of the condition of the library and the cabi- 
net, both of which they shall carefully examine- 
annually in the mouth of March. 



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OFFICERS BEFORE THE INCORPORATION. 



Dr. Alfred Hosmer . . President. 1888-1891 

Rev. Edward A. Rand . Yice-Pres. 1888-1891 
Solon F. Whitney . . Sec'y and Treas. 1888-1891 

COUNCIL. 

Dr. Alfred Hosmer 1888-1891 

Rev. Edward A. Rand 1888-1891 

Solon F. Whitney 1888-1891 

Dr. Bennett F. Davenport 1888-1891 

Dr. Julian A Mead 1888-1891 



OFFICERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION. 



Rev. Edward A. Rand . President. 


1891-1903 


Charles F. Fitz .... 


1904-1905 


Dr. Bennett F. Davenport " 


1905- 


Wra. H. Ingraham . . .1st Vice-Pres. 


1891-1900 


Jesse Fewkes " " " 


1900- 


Miss Mary F. Peirce . . 2d " " 


1892- 


Alexander Starbuck . . 3d " " 


1893-1897 


Jesse Fewkes ....'' " " 


1897-1900 


Mrs. Ruth A. Bradford . ^' '' 


1900-1903 


Rev. Robert Murray . . " " " 


1903- 


Edward Whitney ... 4th " " 


1892-1896 


Mrs. Caroline A.R.Whitney " '■' " 


1896-1903 


Reuben L. Richardson . " " " 


1903-1906 


Alfred C. Fuller .... - '< " 


1907- 


Miss Ellen M. Crafts . . Rec. Sec'y 


1891-1893 


Charles F. Fitz .... 


1893-1904 


Walter C. Stone .... " 


1904-1908 


Alberto F. Haynes ... 


1908- 



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Charles S. Ensign . . . Cor. Sec'y 1891-1892 

Charles F. Fitz . • . . " " 1892-1893 

Dr. Bennett F. Davenport " " 1893-1905 

Charles F. Fitz .... " " 1905- 

Charles F. Mason . . . Treasurer 1891- 
Solon F. Whitney Librarian and Curator 1891- 

Charles F. Fitz . . . Historiographer 1891-1893 

Solon F. Whitney . . ^' 1896-1906 

Mrs. Emma A. Wright . " 1907- 

COUNCIL. 

Rev. Edward A. Rand 1891-1903 

W' m. H. Ingraham 1891-1900 

Charles F. Mason 1891- 

Solon F. Whitney 1891- 

Miss Ellen M. Crafts 1891-1893 

Charles S. Ensign 1891-1892 

Dr. Bennett F. Davenport 1891- 

Dr. Julian A. Mead 1891-1894 

Mrs. Ruth A. Bradford . 1891-1892 and 1904- 

Charles F. Fitz 1891- 

Charles A. Stearns. . . 1892-7, 98-9 and 1905-08 

Mrs. Annie E. Davenport 1893- 

George S. Wright 1894-1898 

Miss Maria Brigham 1897-1898 

Wm. H.Whitney 1898-1904 

Mrs. Alice M. Silsbee 1899-1900 

Jesse Fewkes 1900- 

Walter C. Stone 1900-1908 

Alberto F. Haynes • 1908- 

Members. 

* Deceased. t Withdrawn. 

t Mrs. Alice Greeley Abbott .... Watertown 

Charles Matthew Abbott " 

t John Edward Abbott " 



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t Samuel Phillips Abbott 
t George A. Alden .... 
t Frederick George Barker . 

* Mrs. Abby Vose Barry. 

Aug. 8, '98, se 79-10-30 
t Herbert Francis Bent . . 

* Frank Winthrop Bigelow 

May 25, '04, se 70-10-7 
t Francis Hill Bigelow . . 

* Jonathan Bigelow. 

May 11, '07, £6 82-4-11 
t Melvin Madison Bigelow. . 
t Mrs. Emma Augusta Blair 
t Lafayette Gilbert Blair . . 
t Mrs. Mary Robinson Bostwick 

Mrs. Ruth Ann Bradford . 

Charles Brighara .... 
t Miss Maria Brigham . . . 

William Herman Bustin, Jr. 

Henry Chase 

t Miss Abby Clarke . . . 

* Henry Ware Clarke. 

July 27, '07, 86 85-2-17 
f Leonidas Sidney Cleveland 
t James Waldo Colby . . . 
t William G. Comstock . . 
t Mrs. Caroline Melville Conant 
Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott Conant 
t John Henry Conant .... 
t Mrs. Alice Austin Coolidge . 

* Austin Jacobs Coolidge. 

Mch. 20, '95, £e 70-11-28 
t Miss Fanny Gertrude Coolidge 

Miss Harriet Adelaide Coolidge 
t Herbert Coolidge . . . . , 

Joshua Coolidge 

t Dr. Sumner Coolidge . . . 



Watertown 



Weston 



Lexington 
Cambridge 
Watertown 



Brockton 

Ashland 

Watertown 



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* Miss Ellen :Mary Crafts. 

Mch. 14, 1893 .... 
t Fred Erastus Crawford . . . 
t Frederic Ernest Critchett . . 
t Miss Ethel Gushing .... 

* Mrs. Fanny Elizabeth Cashing 

Nov. 22, '90, se 60-11-25 

* William Cashing. 

Oct. 22, '00, 86 79-0-21 . 

* Dr. Vivian Daniel. 

Sept. 22, '07, ae 41-9-26 
Albert ]SIortimer Davenport . 
Mrs. Annie Emeline Davenport 
Dr. Bennett Franklin Davenport 
Mrs. Emma Judson Davenport 
Herbert Elbridge Davidson . 
Mrs. Sarah Coolidge Davidson 
f Thomas White Davis . . . 
f Brenton Halliburton Dickson, Jr 
t Mrs. Lizzie Martha Dimick 
f Orlendo Wales Dimick . . . 
t Albert Dutton 

* Mrs. Sarah Eliz. Holden Fairman 
Jesse Fewkes , 

t Andrew Fiske 

t Charles Henry Fiske . . 

Charles Frederic Fitz . . . 

t Augustus Flagg 

t Charles Ruel Fletcher . . . 
t Mrs. Charles F. Fletcher . 

Alfred Cook Fuller . . . , 

* John Benton Goodrich. 

Jan. 11, '00, se 64-0-4 

George Edward Goodspeed 

Mrs. Gertrude Goodspeed . 

t Rev. James Grant .... 

Arthur Fairfield Gray . . 



Watertown 



Belmont 

Weston 

Watertown 



N. Y. City 

Watertown 

Weston 

Watertown 

Waltham 

Watertown 

Belmont 

Newton 
Watertown 



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Mrs. Mabel Gray • . . . . 
Rev. Walter Folger Greenman 
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Harrison 

* Gen. Russell Hastings. 

Sept. 18, '04, 86 69-3-18 
Alberto Frederick Haynes 

t Mrs. Lizzie Hale Haynes . 

David Heald 

Miss Laura Henry . . . 

t Mrs. Eva F. Hersey . . . 

t Mrs. Mary Barjiard Home 

* Robert Francis Home. 

Juneo,'05, a? 61-8-0 . 

* Dr. Alfred Hosmer. 

May 14, '91, te 58-7-28 

t Selah Howell 

t Mrs. Elizabeth Abbie Howard 

* William Hutchinson Ingraham. 

Jan. 26, '00, se 81-5-0 
Jarvis Brewster Keene . . . 
Sarah Vinal Keene .... 

* Francis Kendall. 

Mch. 20, '04, £6 82-2-8. . 
t John Hathaway Kendall . . 
« Mrs. Margaret Valentine Kendall 

Dec. 30, '92,86 75-9-29 . 
t Daniel S. Lamson .... 

Wilbur Franklin Learned . . 
t Mrs. Mary Josephine March . 
t Stillman Pierce March . . . 

Charles Frank Alason . . . 

Mrs. Helen Baker Mason . . 

Dr. Julian Augustus Mead 
t Miss Clara Belle Morse . . . 

Rev. Robert Murray .... 
f Frank Russell Page 

Miss Mannie Bradley Patten . 



Watertown 



Cleveland, O. 

Watertown 



Belmont 
Watertown 



Roslindale 
Watertown 



Weston 
Watertown 



Waltham 
Watertown 



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t Charles Quincy Pierce . . . 

t Mrs. Julia Ann Pierce . . . 

Miss Mary Frances Peirce . . 

* William Thomas Pierce. 

Feb. 26, '06, te 51-3-14 . 
t Lewis Bates Porter .... 

* George Eaton Priest. 

July 22, '97, se 55-5-22 . 
George Wesley Priest . . . 
Mrs. Ellen Mary Priest . . . 

Amy Carol Rand 

*Rev. Edward Augustus Rand. 

Oct. 5, '03, £6 66-6-0 . . 
Mrs. Mary Frances Abbott Rand 
Miss Addie Lucy Rice . . . 

* Reuben Lee Richardson. 

Aug. 24, '06, se 56-9-7 . 
Mrs. Julia Danforth Richardson 
t Rev. Wm. G. Richardson . . 
f William Minard Richardson . 

* Abraham Lawrence Richards. 

Dec. 6, '07, £6 80-10-5 . 
t Mrs. Joanna Bailey Richards . 
Geo. Fred Robinson .... 
t Mrs. Harriette E. B. Rogers . 
t Miss Mabelle AVinthrop Russell 
f William Whitney Russell . . 
t Mrs. Georgiana Butler Savage 

* Rev. Wm. Henry Savage. 

May 2, '07, se 74-3-0 
Herbert Hayward Sawyer . . 

* Supply Thwing Sharp. 

Dec. 21, '99, ae 64-9-0 . 
!Mrs. Alice Maria Silsbee . . 

f Henry Reuben Skinner . . 

t Guy Smith 

Mrs. Bertha Home Snow . , 
Walter Bradley Snow . . . 



Watertown 

Weston 

Watertown 



Belmont 

Watertown 
Cambridge 

Watertown 



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Alexander Starbuck Waltham 

Mrs. Abby Catherine Stearns . . . "SVatertown 

* Charles Augustus Stearns. 

Aug. 11, '08, 86 70-2- U ... 

* Abner Chase Stockin. 

Jan. 11, '01, se 69-4-12 .... 
t Arthur Stockin. Jan. 29, 01, se 36-9-0 

f Mrs. Helen Medora Stockin .... *' 

t Mrs. Frances Maria Stone .... " 

Charles Wellington Stone Boston 

t Charles Wm. Stone Watertown 

Mrs. Lao Potter Stone • " 

Walter Coolidge Stone " 

t George R. Stratton •• 

Charles Edward Stratton Boston 

t Mrs. Mabel Rogers Tabor AVatertown 

t Rev. Luther Tracy Townsend ... *' 

t Rev. Horace Leslie Wheeler .... " 

* Mrs. Caroline Abbie Rogers Whitney. 

Feb. 4, '04, se 76-3-21 .... Belmont 

* Edward Whitney. 

May 26, '96, ffi 80-11-19. ... 

t Myron William Whitney Watertown 

Solon Franklin Whitney " 

William Henry Whitney Cambridge 

t Benj. Osgood Wilson Watertown 

* Mrs. Elizabeth Almira C. Wilson. 

June 24, '96, se 64 

t Mrs. Ellen Warren Wilson .... 

t George Levi Wilson 

t Mrs. Ida Frances Wilson 

•j- Miss Mary Caroline Wilson .... 
t Rev. Charles L. Woodworth .... 

Mrs Emma Augusta Wright .... 

George Sumner Wright 

Honorary Members. 
Charles Sidney Ensign Newton 

* Eben Norton Horsford. Jan. 1, '03 . Cambridge 



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LIST OF THE HISTORICAL PAPERS READ 

BEFORE THE SOCIETY, AND FOR 

THE MOST PART PUBLISHED 

SOON AFTER IN THE LO- 

CAL PAPERS. 



DATE. SUBJECTS. AUTHORS. 

Jan. 15, '89 Sources of information upon Old 
Watertown History. 

Dr. B. F. Davenport 
Mch. 19, '89 Reminiscences of the Old Meet- 
ing-house. , Joshua Coolidge 
May 21, '89 Capt. Benj. Church and the Indi- 
an War. Mrs. R. A. Bradford 
Sept 17, '89 The Old Bridge. W. H. Ingraham 
" Old Mills, Bridges and Ferries. 

Dr. B. F. Davenport 
" The Acadians in Waltham. 

Alexander Starbuck 
Nov. 19, '89 Reminiscences of Old Town 

School. Joshua Coolidge 

Jan. 21, '90 The Northmen in America. 

Selah Howell 
Mch. 18, '90 Ipswich River Site of Norum- 

bega. Jesse Fewkes 

'• Parson Bailey's Record Book. 

Rev. W. H. Savage 
** Watertown on Charles River. 

Solon F. Whitney 
Apr. 15, '90 The Norumbega Tower. 

Mrs. E. A. Wright 
' ' Indians of Watertown. Rev. E. A. Rand 

«« Rev. George Phillips. 

Rev. W. H. Savage 
" Location of Meeting-houses. 

Dr. B. F. Davenport 



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Apr. 15, '90 Early Traditions. Joshua Coolidge 

" The Wears and the South Side. 

Chas. S. Ensign 
" Hugh Mason. Chas. F Mason 

" The Free Masons. A. F. Haynes 

July 15, '90 The Dorchester Field. 

W. H. Ingraham and B. F. Davenport 
Sept. 16, '90 The Union Social Library. 

S. F. Whitney 
" " Watertown on Bunker Hill day. 

Chas. F. Fitz 

Nov. 18, '90 Reminiscences of Watertown. 

Joshua Coolidge 

Dec. 5, '90 Changes in State Laws and Ad- 
ministration. J. E. Abbott 

Mch. 17, '91 The Old Phillips Parsonage. 

Joshua Coolidge 
" The Old Storer and Eliot Parson- 

age. Mrs. Ruth A. Bradford 

May 19, '91 Mrs. Mercy Otis Warren. Ditto 
Sept. 15, '91 John Oldham's Mill. Jesse Fewkes 
" " School Life of the Past. 

Miss M. F. Peirce 
" '« Gen. Jos. Warren in Water- 

town. A. F. Haynes 

'« " Reminiscences. Joshua Coolidge 

" '• Thos. Mayhew. G. H. Folger 

Nov. 17, '91 Annual Address of the Presi- 
dent. Rev. E. A. Rand 
•' " The Bigelows, Old Lawyers of 

Watertown. H. R. Skinner 

Jan. 19, '92. Saltonstall's Plantation. 

Wm. M. Richardson 

Mch. 22, '92 The Fisheries of Watertown. 

W, H. Ingraham 
'' " The Roads of the Early Settle- 

ments. J. W. Colby 

Sept. 27, '92 Early Days in Watertown. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 



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Sept. 27, '92 Early Churches and Ministers. 

Dr. B. F. Davenport 
" " Arlington St. Cemetery Epi- 

taphs. Mrs. E. J. Davenport 

'' " East Watertown. Miss H. A. Coolidge 

Nov. 15, '92 Annual Address of the Presi- 
dent. Rev. E. A. Rand 
" «• Franciscan Missions in California. 

Mrs. R. A. Bradford 
** " The Provincial Congress in 

Watertown. L. G. Blair 

Jan. 17, '93 Marco Polo. O. W. Dimick 

Apr. 18, '93 Relics from the Old Parsonage. 

Mrs. A. E. Davenport 
" " A Story about the Parsonage. 

Mrs. M. F. A. Rand 
" " A Colonial Newspaper. Geo. S.Wright 

" '* Town Meeting in Revolutionary 

Days. S. F. Whitney 

Sept. 12, '93 Col. John Fowle and Capt. 
Christopher Marshall. 

Dan. S. Lamson 
" " Address at erection of the Jos. 

Coolidge Monument. A. J. Coolidge 
Nov. 16, '93 Annual Address of the President. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
• ' " Court Records of Nath'l Harris. 

F. E. Crawford 
Jan. 9, '94 Weatherfield, Watertown's Old- 

est Daughter. C. S. Ensign 

" " Indian Fish Festivals. J. W. Colby 

Mch. 13, '94 Reminiscences of Watertown. 

Joshua Coolidge 
Ditto W. H. Ingraham 

" " Journal of Provincial Congress. 

A. F. Haynes 
Apr. 10, "94 Story of an Indian Maiden. 

J. W. Colby 
" •♦ Some Middlesex Co. Records. 

Mrs. R. A. Bradford 



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Apr. 10, '94 John Eliot and the Indians. 

W. C. Bates 
Oct. 1. '94 The Early Planters about Water- 

town. Jesse Fewkes 

" *• The Coolidge Farm. 

Dr. Sumner Coolidge 
Nov. 13, '94 Annual Address of the President. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
" '' The Young Men's Assembly. 

L. S. Cleveland 
The Woman's Club 

Mrs. A. M. Silsbee 
'•' " The Early Watertown Church. 

Rev. W. H. Savage 
Jan. 8, '95 Indians of New England. 

Jesse Fewkes 
Mch. 12, '95 Andrew Belcher and his grand- 
son Gov. Belcher. C. S. Ensign 
Nov. 29, '95 Annual Address of President. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
" " Patriotism in the Public Schools. 

Frank A. Hill 
" " Parson Storer's Pocketbook. 

Samuel A Green 
Jan. 14, '96 The Council, the Executive of 

State, 1775-80. Dr.B. F. Davenport 
" " Charles River. Jesse Fewkes 

Feb. 11, '96 The Powder House. Chas. F. Mason 
" " Committee of Correspondence 

and Safety. Geo. S. Wright 

" " Gardner Manor on Gardner's 

Island. Miss Maria Brigham 

" ** Estates and People of Weston. 

F. W. Bigelow 
Apr. 14, '96 Weston in the Revolution. 

Miss M. F. Peirce 
" " The Marshall Fowle house. 

Mrs. Eva F. Hersey 
Sept. 15, '96 A Winter in California. 

Mrs. R. A. Bradford 



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Sept. 15, '96 The Old Bird and other Taverns. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
" " Northmen's Remains in New 

England. Jesse Fewkes 

Nov. 10, '96 The Old Brown House. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
" " Parson Bailey's Record Book. 

Rev. W. H. Savage 
Dee. 8, '96 The Royal House at Medford. 

Mrs. Eva F. Hersey 
'' " Churches on the '* South Side." 

Charles S. Ensign 
Jan. 12, '97 Watertown Society for Relief 

of the Sick. Mrs. R. A. Bradford 
Mch. 9, '97 Ancient Nonantum. Jesse Fewkes 

Apr. 13, '97 The Stone Family of Watertown. 

Miss Josephine M. Stone 
" " Watertown Artillery Company 

Records. Dan. S. Lamson 

Sept. 14, '97 400th Anniversary of Cabot's 

landfall. Rev. E. A. Rand 

Jan. 11, '98 Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood, 

the Cemeteries. A. F. Haynes 

'♦ " Nathaniel Bowman and Descend- 

ants. Mr. Snow 

" " Paul Revere House and the Con- 

tinental money. Rev. E. A. Rand 
Mch. 8, '98 Some Old Cellar Holes. W. C. Bates 
" '' Frontier Life of the Farmers. 

SVm. H. Whitney 
Sept. 13, '98. Reminiscences of Old Watertown. 

Miss Ellen Robbins 
Nov. 10, ^98. Annual Address of the President. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
«' •• Reminiscences of 50 years in 

Watertown. W. H. Ingraham 

Jan. 10, '99 Simon Stone's Pear Tree. W. C. Stone 
" " Watertown and Cambridge 

Bounds. W. H. Whitney 



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Mch. 14, '99 The U. S. Flag and the Arms 

of the Washingtons. Jesse Fewkes 

June 23, '99 The Old Ward, Dexter, Pierce 
house in Weston. 

Miss M. F. Peirce 

Nov. 14, '98 A Day in Manilla. 

Major Jones, U.S.A. 

Jan. 9, 1900 Home of Sam. Jennison. His 
Collection of Commissions. 

Mrs. R. A. Bradford 

Apr. 3, '00 Churchyard Literature. 

Charles S. Ensign 

Sept. 11, '00 Ditto. Ditto. 

Nov. 13, '00 The Crossing of Mt. Auburn 

and Arlington Sts., a forgotten 
Old Time Corner. Rev. E.A. Rand 
Jan. 8, '01 The West District School. 

Rev. Robert Murray 
«« " Lady Washington Visit to New 

England. Rev. E. A. Rand 

Mch. 12, '01 Reminiscences of Watertown. 

Francis Kendall 

Mch. 26, '01 The Gov. Gore Estate. 

Rev. R. Murray 

Sept. 10, '01 The First Mill at WatertoAvn. 

Jesse Fewkes 

Oct. 8, '01 The Old Sudbury Road and the 

Indians. W. H. Whitney 

Nov. 12, '01 Old Time Town Meeting. 

Rev. E. A. Rand 

Jan. 14, '02 Beginnings of Waltham. 

Rev. R. Murray 
«' " Unchronicled Interlude in First 

Parish History. Rev. W. H. Savage 
Sept. 9, '02 The First Waltham Meeting- 
house. Rev. R, Murray 
Nov. 11, '02 Rev. Sam. Angierandthe Meet- 
ing-house at '' Four Corners." 

Rev. E. A. Rand 
»' t« The Old Barrett House. 

Miss A. L. Rice 



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Jan. 13, '03 The Old Planters of New Eng- 
land. Jesse Fewkes 
Mar. 10, '03 The Second Church of Waltham. 

Rev. R. Murray 
Sept. 9, '03 Watertown's Military Record. 

A. F. Haynes 
Nov. 15, '03 Memorial to Rev. Edw. A. Rand. 

Rev. Robert Murray 
" " Reminiscences of the High School. 

S. F. Whitney 

Jan. 12, '0-i Rev. Joseph Morse of Weston. 

Tho. W. SilloAvay 

Mch, 8, '0-i Journalism in Nantucket. 

Alexander Starbuck 

Sept. 13, '0-i Site of the Second Meeting-house 

of Watertown. W. H. Whitney 

Nov. 15, '04 Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham. 

Rev. R. Murray 
'' The West Precinct Church. 

Mrs. Ruth A. Bradford 
Jan. 10, '05 Events just before Lexington 

and Concord. Alex. Starbuck 

" " Rev. Daniel Adams. 

Mrs. Ruth A Bradford 
'• " Derivation of "• Pequussett." 

Dr. B. F. Davenport 

Mch. 1-i, '05 Experiences in Rebel Prisons, 

1861-62 W.C.Bates 

'« " A Middlesex Farmer of a Cen- 

tury Ago. Charles F. Fitz 

Sept. 12, '05 Some Old Colonial Customs. 

A. F. Haynes 
Nov. 14, '05 The English Church in America. 

Rev. R. Murray 
Jan. 9, '06 Watertown the Mother Town. 

Alex. S.tarbuck 

Mch. 27, '06 The Lewis and Clarke Expedition 

S. F. Whitney 

" " The Peter Clark Familv. 

Mrs. Ruth A. Bradford 



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May 8, '06 Waltham in Colonial Days. 

Rev. R,. Murray 
Nov. 13, '06 Beginnings of Ancient Waltham. 

Jesse Fewkes. 
Jan. 8, '07 The Ministerial Fund. Geo. S. Wright 

*' " Cotton Mill in Watertown, 

S. F. Whitney 
Meh. 9, '07 Some Watertown Quacks. C. S. Ensign 
May U, '07 Civil War Record of Rev. W. H. 

Savage. Charles F. !Mason 

Nov. 12, '07 Marvland in the Revolution. 

T.. G Blair 
Jan. 14, '08 The Puritans and Pilgrims. 

Nathan Warren 
May 13, '08 Memoir of Miss Harriet G. 

Hosmer. Mrs. R. A. Bradford 

" *' The Puritan Theocracy. 

Rev. Robert Murray 

A Committee of the Society has alrendy pub- 
lished four volumes of the Records of the Town 
and Precincts, and another committee one volume 
of the Military History of the Town. An atlas of 
the sites, with full description of all of the earlier 
homesteads of the town, is in process of prepara- 
tion. The file of original earlier papers, in the 
custody of the town clerk, are being mounted by a 
committee of the Society into firmly bound scrap- 
books, to ensure the preservation, and facilitate 
their consultation, aided by the full indices which 
have been made. 



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